they'll succumb to idiot studio or fanboy pressure or something and do the medichlorian thing
Studio my ass, that was 100% the director
― mh, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:41 (twelve years ago) link
I pity any of you anticipating this movie. continually amazed at the capacity for people not to learn from things like the Star Wars prequels, Aliens vs. Predator, Watchmen, the vast majority of superhero movies, etc. studios don't know how to do these things well.
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, it's not like we were lined up outside skywalker ranch chanting for midichlorians
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, but it's fun to anticipate things and then trash them when they inevitably disappoint
― Number None, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
i am anticipating because the previews look cool. i'm not worried about them fucking up whatever, cuz i'll always have alien and aliens no matter what. if this is anywhere near as good as those, i'll be happy. if not, well then all you naysayers get to say "told you so".
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:42 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
jesus do you ever even READ the shit you post sometimes
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
I can't remember the last time a summer sci-fi blockbuster really met expectations. Star Trek reboot was pretty okay I guess... but the landscape is pretty barren.
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:47 (twelve years ago) link
haha xp
― catbus otm (gbx), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:47 (twelve years ago) link
i am anticipating because the previews look cool. i'm not worried about them fucking up whatever, cuz i'll always have /alien/ and /aliens/ no matter what. if this is anywhere near as good as those, i'll be happy. if not, well then all you naysayers get to say "told you so".
this p much.
― catbus otm (gbx), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
star trek reboot was a lot better than 'ok'
― less of the same (darraghmac), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
nah, it's really overrated
― Number None, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
ShakeyMorbs
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
by whom xp
― less of the same (darraghmac), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
I just don't get the fanboy salivation/disappointment cycle, it's so "please sir may I have another!"
xp
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
Star Trek reboot was cool
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
xpost IT'S ALL WE HAVE, SHAKEY
life is boring xp
― less of the same (darraghmac), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
it's more fun to get excited about stuff that looks cool than to be all *eyeroll* *replays Berlin Alexanderplatz*
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
I can't remember the last time a summer sci-fi blockbuster really met expectations.
avatar?
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
expectation for avatar- blue ppl, shitty plot. expectations met.
― less of the same (darraghmac), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
I've never seen Avatar. It looked terrible
― Number None, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
independence day?
― the late great, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
I'm sort of excited about this movie, despite thinking the idea of it is stupid. It doesn't really make sense to me that the xenomorphs are part of some crazy advanced civilization, directly or indirectly. They seemed an anti-civilizing force, like a powerful animal that is looking primarily to reproduce. It would almost make more sense if this was a prequel to Predator, which at least is about a very advanced civilization from the get-go. The xenomorphs are supposed to be scary space monsters.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
i always wanted to see the Predators civilisation. Dudes just working in offices and whatnot
― Number None, Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
Dark Knight.
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
controversial
― Number None, Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
jesus christ was avatar horrible
I think Star Trek, Cloverfield, District 9, Rise of the Planet of the Apes... were any of those summer? Probably not, the big summer sci-fi ones that are science fiction by definition are the superhero ones.
― mh, Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, the ones that met expectations were ones without a lot of existing property baggage or a lot of hype
― mh, Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
Back to topic: the Weyland site just sent out links:
https://www.weylandindustries.com/#/information
― mh, Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
well yes, it's easier to meet expectations when the expectations are lower
― Number None, Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
guess i'm the only avatar fan hereabouts. no surprise...
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, what does Predator heavy industry look like? Then again, if your only experience with Victorians were running into some mustached toffs in pith helmets on safari, how can you comprehend or extrapolate, say, Manchester from that?
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
contenderizer braves new lands of opinions completely opposite to my own
― mh, Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
eh, i think it's an opinion completely opposite to basically everybody everywhere at this point. haven't heard a kind word said about avatar by anybody in quite a while.
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
I probably won't see Prometheus with my mom like I did Avatar. So uh, I guess Avatar has that cross-market appeal.
― mh, Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
Wait, is this going to be R or PG13?
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
R I would assume
― mh, Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
Scott says he's going to PG-13 and R cuts and submit them to the studio. Wonder which one they'll pick?
― Number None, Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, fuck that. All four Alien films were R, at least.
― mh, Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714/faq?mode=desktop
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:27 (twelve years ago) link
― Number None, Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:03 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol the predators we see in the movies are basically yuppies acting out the alien version of deliverance
― Conmetheus (latebloomer), Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
still not sure how looking forward to a film in a series (maybe) somehow also means that any disappointment will somehow register emotionally. if prometheus sucks, it's not going devalue the first two alien movies (don't care about three and four). it's just gonna be another bad movie nbd
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
yeah exactly. it can't be any worse than than aliens vs predator 2.
― Conmetheus (latebloomer), Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
I need to rewatch that, I feel like I wasn't able to absorb the full impact of the "aliens in the maternity ward" part
― mh, Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:33 (twelve years ago) link
This is one of my main apprehensions about Prometheus: that they'll succumb to idiot studio or fanboy pressure or something and do the medichlorian thing. Where they feel the need to over explain some thing irrelevant to the actual story and in doing so fuck up and ruin some of the core mystique or vibe that helped made the franchise interesting in the first place.
Yeah--I liked that, despite some hints that they existed, we never saw any 'other' aliens in the Alien films, and that the space jockey could well have been first contact for all we knew
― Not only dermatologists hate her (James Morrison), Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:33 (twelve years ago) link
to be fair avp2 was better than avp1, just as dengue is better than ebola
― Not only dermatologists hate her (James Morrison), Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
The big reveal will be that the entire universe has been wiped out by capital A aliens, and that earth is the only planet that has not yet succumbed.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 22 March 2012 00:56 (twelve years ago) link
will whoever the female lead in this remake wear as ridiculously small panties as Ripley in the remakes denouement?
― languid samuel l. jackson (jim), Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:50 AM Bookmark Flag Post
Well the trailers answered that, didn't they
― Spleen of Hearts (kingfish), Thursday, 22 March 2012 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
I think we should all wear small panties on opening day in solidarity
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 22 March 2012 05:58 (twelve years ago) link
you will regret that, trust me
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 March 2012 06:10 (twelve years ago) link